Adding text and graphics to slides is done in exactly the same way as you learned to do them in MS Publisher.

TEXT

1. Select the TEXT tool, and drag a container area on your slide.
2. Type your text

GRAPHICS

1. Click on the 'Insert Clip Art' tool in the main toolbar at the top of your Powerpoint screen.
2. Select the clipart.
3. Powerpoint will insert the clipart in the centre of the slide. Simply reposition and resize to suit.
4. If you want to insert a picture from a your own files, you have to do it the long way via Insert menu (Insert/picture/from file...

SHAPES

1. Powerpoint has a rich collection of autoshapes.  To see them, click on the 'Autoshapes' tool bar at the bottom of the Powerpoint screen
2. From the shapes menu, select the one you want, and then drag an area for it on the slide.
3. Shapes can be rotated in the same way as they can in Publisher.
4. If you want to write in a shape, it's better to write directly onto the shape (click on the shape first) than to create a text box.

WORD ART

1. This works in exactly the same way as it does in Publisher.